disdainous

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English disdeynous, from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux).

Adjective[edit]

disdainous (comparative more disdainous, superlative most disdainous)

  1. (obsolete) disdainful

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for disdainous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)